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chisel, having been discovered on the wood- 

 work of the roof a few years back. 



There is a ridge-roofed dovecote at Leathley 

 Manor, a fewmiles from Otley. The middle of 

 the ridge was formerly crowned by a very ele- 

 gant little ball-topped stone cap, raised on 

 pillars; but recently the effect has been some- 

 what marred by the removal of the pillars and 

 the lowering of the cap. 



Near Wakefield are three dovecotes, two of 

 which are of special interest as standing close 

 to each other. The third, at Huntwick Grange, 

 is about twenty feetsquare, and nearly eighteen 

 feet high to the eaves. Pigeons — wild ''rocks" 

 — frequented it until some years ago, but have 

 forsaken it of late. 



The two others stand, one at Sharleston 

 Hall Farm, a house which dates from 1574, 

 and the second little more than one hundred 

 yards away, although on land belonging to an- 

 other farm. The walls of both are fully three 

 feet thick, and inside each are nests which have 

 alighting-ledges furnished to each tier. Both 

 stand in open fields and both are frequented 

 by wild pigeons. 



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